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Chapter 60

           IwaswearingoneofmyownpulloversandwhipcordtrousersIhadn’tputonsincethewinter.Thehighcurvedceilingwasthatofacisternunderahouse;thewindowlesswallsweredry,butsubterranean.Therewaselectriclight.Asuitcase,myown,fullofmythings,stoodinacorner.Thewallagainstwhichthetablestoodwasnew-builtofbrick.Ithadaheavywoodendoorinit.Nohandle,nospyhole,nokeyhole,notevenahinge.Igaveitapush,butitwasboltedorbarredoutside.Therewasanothertriangulartableinthecorneranoldfashionedwashbowl,withasanitarybucketunderneath.Irummagedinmysuitcase;acleanshirt,achangeofunderclothes,apairofsummertrousers.Isawmyrazorandshavingbrush,andthatremindedmethatIhadaclockofSortsonmychin.Iwentandlookedinthemementomorimirror.Atleasttwodays’stubble.Myfacewasstrangetome;degradedandyetpeculiarlyindifferent.Isatonthebed,andstaredatthedeathfigure.Deathfigure,deathcell.Asinisterreasonforthewonderfulbreakfaststruckme.Amockexecutionwasabouttheonlyindignitylefttoundergo.Ibegantowalkupanddownandtotrytotakecommandofthesituation.Behindandbeneatheverythingtherewasthevileandunforgivable,theultimatebetrayal,ofme,ofallfinerinstincts,byLily.IstartedtothinkofherasLilyagain,perhapsbecauseherfirstmasktheLilymasknowseemedtruerthanthesecondone.Itriedtoimaginewhatshereallywas.

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